Location: MARION, South Carolina

On August 11, 1862, one month before Southern women were officially accepted as nurses, J. Bachman announced the importance women held in the medical effort in coastal South Carolina. She explained, in a local newspaper, a proposed arrangement concerning the delivery of imperative medical supplies to Florence, South Carolina. The Northeastern Railroad had been sending donated supplies free of charge,...

When the battle came to the home of the residents of Florence, South Carolina, they stood up, assumed their responsibility, and fought it. In February, 1862, a siege was initiated against the section of the Carolinian coast that included Florence. At the time, there were six steamboats at Florence Landing. During the attack, two of these boats were taken by Union forces. The other four, however,...